Thursday, August 3, 2017

Is this stunning bracelet made by Paleolithic man for his favourite woman really 70,000 years old?

By The Siberian Times reporter

02 August 2017

Startling new scientific evidence is to be
reviewed by international experts which - if true - would transform our
knowledge of the skills and sophistication of early man.

A stunning discovery by team of Novosibirsk Institute of Archeology and Ethnography. Picture: Anatoly Derevyanko

It is already known as the oldest stone bracelet in the world,
believed to have been made not by ancient Homo sapiens but the extinct
Denisovan species of early humans, and previously dated as being
between 40,000 - 50,000 years old.

The bracelet was found in 2008 in so-called Stratum 11 of world famous Denisova cave in the Altai region of Siberia.

New findings suggest it could be 65,000 to 70,000 years old, long
before ancient people were believed to capable of making such remarkable
objects.

Maksim Kozlikin, a researcher form the Institute of Archeology and
Ethnography, Novosibirsk, indicated Australian specialists were among
those to obtain exceptional results on the bracelet's age.

'Preliminary results have been received to date Stratum 11 where the bracelet was found to 65,000-to-70,000 years,' he said.

'So it all goes towards changing the dating of the find to more ancient.'

It is understood that further checks were made, and the results
were 'verified and verified again', according to one Russian report,
citing scientists involved with the bracelet.